Anticipation or Is It Fear?

Elyse LOVES to play chase and Nate has to be one of her favorite people that chases her. However, whenever he does chase her her eyes get really big and her face looks so afraid. I was able to capture some of this on video early this morning. Although I think my face would look just as frightened if Nate was chasing me ;)

Happy and You Know It

I have mentioned it many times that Elyse loves to dance and sing. Well Nate captured her and I, and besides the horrible singing that comes from me, I think it's very cute. Plus it just shows how quickly she is learning to do things. She now does actions to "Happy and Know It", "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Patty-cake", "Wheels on the Bus", and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes". I hope to capture more soon for family members and interested friends.

Princess's Domain

For the past two weekends Nate and I have been working on Elyse's new bedroom. The nursery as seen in other posts is general neutral since we don't have control with adoption. Therefore, I finally got to decorate a little girls room and loved doing it. Elyse LOVES her new room and big bed. We won't move her into it until she's about 18 months but we do want her to get used to it. The only addition is a valance and moving her name out of the nursery, painting it brown and hanging it above the window. So what do you think, perfect for a princess? I sure think so.

Fun in the Closet

As I walked into Nate and my room today I overheard my two loves having a wonderful conversation in the closet with no lights on. After the first 50 seconds of talk I turn the lights on and the conversation still continues. Elyse is for sure one adorable little chatter box!

Enjoying the Park

Yesterday had to be one of the nicest fall days I have ever experienced, high 60s and lots of sun. So we decided to take advantage of the day and head to the park. Of course as we step out the door Nate grabs his camera and so glad he did because he ended up taking a lot of great pictures of Elyse. I'm hoping for a little more of these days before the cold hits!

#1 Twilight Fan

Nate and I listen to books on tape while we travel, and for the past year we spent much of that time listening to the Twilight Series. We really enjoyed every book and look forward to going to see the movies. Well, for the past few month we tell people that Elyse has got to be the #1 biggest fan, because who else has only vampire teeth? :)

I have tried to capture a picture for months, and today while I was doing her baby book I came across this one her Aunt Kim took in IL and it captures her vampire teeth perfectly.

A week ago she got the bottom side tooth and finally as of yesterday her left top center tooth broke through. YEAH!

Elmo Obsession

Elyse has recently been speaking quite a few words. Most often is the normal, Mama, Dada, hi, bye, book, and ball. However her new word is, Elmo. She absolutely LOVES Elmo. She's never watched Sesame Street, but Nate talks and sounds just like Elmo. He's been talking to her using that voice since she was 6 months old. I believe the reason she loves Elmo so much is because she relates him to Dada. Whether it's Nate or I getting something at a garage sale or Grams bringing something over, as you can see from our collection we have quite a bit of Elmo things and I'm happy to say, I think we are done with Elmo stuff!